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Love Island's Shaughna Phillips "feels like an ogre" after refusing to take any photos of herself on a trip to Los Angeles.
Shaughna, who is heavily pregnant, felt so self conscious during her holiday that she hid away from the camera - adding that she's "struggling to get out of this funk".
The mum-to-be headed to America with her boyfriend Billy for their babymoon.
Sharing some graffiti in the street she added the caption: "I'm having an existential crisis and have not got in a single photo in LA because I legit feel like an ogre.
"Was planning on taking sooooo many pics and having so much to show you guys and it's just not worked out like that yet, hopefully I snap out of this funk," she added.
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Shaughna Phillips has spoken about her battles with body image during her pregnancy (shaughnaphillips/instagram)"Ugh hormones + swollen feet + jet lag with a sprinkling of big belly is not a good combo lol."
She shared a video of the views from out her car window as the pair drove to Beverly Hills.
Shaughna told her 1.4million followers that her baby was in a breech position, which means she may have to have a c-section.
She said in a post that she feels like an 'ogre' (shaughnaphillips/instagram)
Her baby is breach at the moment, which could result in a c-section (Dave Benett/Getty Images for SHE)In her OK! column last year, she wrote that she's become increasingly self conscious when it comes to her changing body.
"I've noticed how big my belly is now and the first thought on your mind, for me anyway, isn't, 'Oh my god, I've got a baby in my belly'. My first thought is, 'Oh my god, I'm huge'."
"But if somebody else said to me, 'I feel really big,' I would be like, 'Shut up, you're growing a human, give yourself a break'. I'm just so hard on myself.
She is currently in Los Angeles with her boyfriend Billy (Shaughna Phillips/Instagram)
She announced her pregnancy news in October last year (Dave Benett/Getty Images)"And I'm so used to being negative to myself that I do really forget," she admitted.
She confessed that there was "no hiding" the bump now and that she is trying to accept that she has a baby inside her tummy.
The influencer confessed that she "doesnt' feel herself" or "feel sexy".
She did say that she feels her pregnancy is a "blessing" and that she feels "lucky" on a daily basis - but said that it's ok to have conflicting feelings.
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Fans were delighted in October last year when Shaughna shared the news that she was having her first baby.
Sharing a reel of the moment she found out she was pregnant, she added the caption: "Our greatest chapter yet".
Her baby is due in March this year.